The Time of Money

by Lisa Adkins

Book Overview

Speculation is often associated with financial practices, but The Time of Money makes the case that it not be restricted to the financial sphere. It argues that the expansion of finance has created a distinctive social world, one that demands a speculative stance toward life in general. Replacing a logic of extraction, speculation changes our relationship to time and organizes our social worlds to maximize the productive capacities of populations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503607100
• ISBN13: 9781503607101
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"